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Stay Up-to-Date With COVID-19 Information

If it feels like information on COVID-19 is constantly changing, you’re not wrong. With new outbreaks of the virus worldwide, updated bivalent booster shots, and recommendations on masking changing every few months, it can be overwhelming to keep track of all the details. 

That’s why AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a public health organization and the largest HIV/AIDS nonprofit in the world, is making it easy to get the information you need to stay safe.

Should You Get a Bivalent Booster Shot?

The updated (bivalent) boosters are called “bivalent” because they protect against both the original virus that causes COVID-19 and the Omicron variant BA.4 and BA.5. Some people think they are protected from COVID-19 because they’ve already had it or have received the first doses of the vaccine. This is not true. Your antibodies fade over time, and you should get the bivalent booster shot to help protect yourself and your loved ones. 

The bivalent booster shot is meant to protect you from hospitalization and death. If you get COVID-19, having the bivalent booster will significantly reduce your chances of both. Right now, the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 booster shot greatly outweigh any possible side effects.

Vaccination Roll Out

The federal government has been working since the pandemic began to develop, manufacture, and distribute safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines.

After the FDA approves a vaccine, the CDC recommends who should be vaccinated first, second, third, etc. in the United States while supplies are limited. For the COVID-19 vaccine, the CDC recommends prioritizing healthcare personnel and residents of long-term care facilities to receive the vaccination first. President Biden recently announced that as of April 19th, all adults should be eligible to receive the vaccine. Until then, eligibility varies from state to state so make sure you check your local guidelines to see if you can receive the vaccine.

Healthcare Personnel

 

Learn more about why it’s important that healthcare personnel get vaccinated and who is included.

Healthcare Personnel

Long-term Care Facility Residents

Learn more about why it’s important that residents of long-term care facilities get vaccinated and who is included.​

Long-term Care Facility Residents

Teachers, School & Child Care Staff

Learn more about why it’s important for school staff and child care workers get vaccinated and who is included in this tier.

Read more about this directive

Groups who should be offered vaccination next (1B and 1C)

CDC recommends that in Phase 1B and Phase 1C, which may overlap, vaccination should be offered to people in the following groups. CDC made this recommendation on December 22, 2020.
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Phase 1B

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Phase 1C

  • Frontline essential workers such as firefighters, police officers, corrections officers, food and agricultural workers, United States Postal Service workers, manufacturing workers, grocery store workers, public transit workers, and those who work in the educational sector (teachers, support staff, and daycare workers.)

  • People aged 75 years and older because they are at high risk of hospitalization, illness, and death from COVID-19. People aged 75 years and older who are also residents of long-term care facilities should be offered vaccination in Phase 1a.
  • People aged 65—74 years because they are at high risk of hospitalization, illness, and death from COVID-19. People aged 65—74 years who are also residents of long-term care facilities should be offered vaccination in Phase 1a.

  • People aged 16—64 years with underlying medical conditions which increase the risk of serious, life-threatening complications from COVID-19.

  • Other essential workers, such as people who work in transportation and logistics, food service, housing construction and finance, information technology, communications, energy, law, media, public safety, and public health.

Groups who should be offered vaccination next (1B and 1C)

CDC recommends that in Phase 1B and Phase 1C, which may overlap, vaccination should be offered to people in the following groups. CDC made this recommendation on December 22, 2020.
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Phase 1B

  • Frontline essential workers such as firefighters, police officers, corrections officers, food and agricultural workers, United States Postal Service workers, manufacturing workers, grocery store workers, public transit workers, and those who work in the educational sector (teachers, support staff, and daycare workers.)

  • People aged 75 years and older because they are at high risk of hospitalization, illness, and death from COVID-19. People aged 75 years and older who are also residents of long-term care facilities should be offered vaccination in Phase 1a.
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Phase 1C

  • People aged 65—74 years because they are at high risk of hospitalization, illness, and death from COVID-19. People aged 65—74 years who are also residents of long-term care facilities should be offered vaccination in Phase 1a.

  • People aged 16—64 years with underlying medical conditions which increase the risk of serious, life-threatening complications from COVID-19.

  • Other essential workers, such as people who work in transportation and logistics, food service, housing construction and finance, information technology, communications, energy, law, media, public safety, and public health.

As vaccine availability increases, vaccination recommendations will expand to include more groups

The goal is for everyone to be able to easily get a COVID-19 vaccination as soon as large enough quantities of vaccine are available. As vaccine supply increases but remains limited, ACIP will expand the groups recommended for vaccination.

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The Benefits of Bivalent Boosters

There are many important reasons to get a booster shot. We now know that immunity from your first vaccination dose or doses does wane over time, as do the antibodies from having COVID-19.

The CDC recently published a study showing how a person with the bivalent booster was 84% less likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than those who were unvaccinated and 73% less likely to be hospitalized than those who received two or more doses of the monovalent vaccine.

The long-term effects of COVID-19 are very serious and can be minimized by receiving booster shots. “Long COVID” symptoms can include mood disorders, nerve pain, blood clotting, fatigue, and many more. For the best protection against these side effects, get your bivalent booster shot today.

Latest News

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Bivalent Vaccine Slashes COVID Hospitalizations in Seniors

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How are Vaccination Recommendations Made?

The CDC considers many factors when deciding which groups should be eligible to receive the vaccine. They consider things like age, race, occupational hazards, underlying medical conditions, and more. 

Follow the link below to read more about how the CDC determines who can receive the vaccine and when. 

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The Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a global nonprofit organization providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of ability to pay. We are currently the largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the world. Through a network of pharmacies, thrift stores, healthcare contracts, and other strategic partnerships we generate new, innovative ways of treatment, prevention, and advocacy. Read more about AHF here.
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The Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a global nonprofit organization providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of ability to pay. We are currently the largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the world. Through a network of pharmacies, thrift stores, healthcare contracts, and other strategic partnerships we generate new, innovative ways of treatment, prevention, and advocacy. Read more about AHF here.